Stories from Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Stephanie Lauren Smith and Brandon Lee Sloan were united in marriage Sept. 8, 2012. The groom is the son of Jamie and Terry Sloan of Mountain Home. The bride is the daughter of Donna and Kary Jensen of Cedar City, Utah. The wedding ceremony took place in the backyard of the groom's parents home in Mountain Home...

Sabrina Megan Huggins and Robert Michael Welle were married Sept. 9, 2012, in Grand View at Lawson's Emu-Z-Um. Sabrina is the daughter of Tom and Cindy Huggins and Robert is the son of Darrell and Betty Welle, all of Mountain Home. Sabrina and Robert were married by Jack Wyngaard with the river as the backdrop. The reception was held there under the shade trees. Family attended from Minnesota, Colorado and Virginia and friends came from Weiser to Pocatello...

Kimberleigh Marleen Jordan and Doug Hawkins, both of Mountain Home, exchanged wedding vows July 21, 2012, at Carmela Winery in Glenns Ferry, with Pastor Andrew Bailey officiating. Kimberleigh is the daughter of Melisa and David Row of Lower Lake, Calif., and Wilmer and Melissa Biggs of Mountain Home. Her grandparents are Laura-lee Biggs of Mountain Home and the late Hilton Biggs, and Gary and Marleen Jordan of Watford City, N.D...

The 150,000-acre Trinity Ridge Fire in the mountains of central Elmore County this year will force some changes in the normal migration patterns of big game, but overall may actually benefit the wildlife of the area, Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials say...

Two people were transported to the hospital last Wednesday, Sept. 26, after two vehicles collided on McMurtrey Road, sending one of them into the canal adjacent to Canal Street. The driver of the 2003 Ford Taurus that went into the canal, Arthur Loring, 89, was not injured...

After being away from their families and loved ones for nearly seven months, the first of approximately 300 airmen returned to Mountain Home Air Force Base Thursday afternoon following their deployment to the Persian Gulf region. Those returning home last week included pilots, weapons systems officers and aircraft maintenance specialists from the 391st Fighter Squadron and 366th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron...